At least seven persons were killed in a fresh bandits attack on Saturday night on Mai Dabino village in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The attack, according to an eyewitness, saw the abduction of an unspecified number of persons mostly women and children who were taken to a nearby forest.
The eyewitness told newsmen that the hoodlums operated for about three hours after invading the village at about 10:00 pm, shooting sporadically to scare residents.
” The hoodlums armed with sophisticated weapons also burnt down several houses, and shops including motor vehicles worth millions of Naira belonging to the residents during the operation while those killed by the hoodlums were set ablaze”, the eyewitness said.
However, the Police Spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday in a text message he sent in response to a inquiry on the issue.
According to ASP Sadiq, an investigation is currently ongoing, and further developments will be communicated in due course.
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